Thread: Officially this is Britiains "oldest brand"
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Old 09-29-06, 05:51 AM   #5
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And me fool always thought of Britain itself as the oldest brand...!
“Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the Right Honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon”
- Benjamin Disraeli, in reply to a taunt by Irish politician Daniel O'Connell
Good come back for Mr. Disreaeli, never heard that.
Some more background material on that here.
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